As we were planning the 2018 Reunion, we asked everyone on our Facebook group what were their favorite songs from CHS days. Here’s a playlist that Julie came up with. We’ll ask for more input in time for the next reunion.
Julie’s comments on this playlist encompassing music from our senior year 1977-1978.
“Besides your input given on favorite artists, I tried to make sure there was a blend of music styles that covered our era: rock (of course!), R&B, country, blues, jazz, new wave, and disco. Plus some songs that distinguished that moment in time. For few artists who I think have had especially lasting impact (and/or many “votes”), I may have included multiple songs for them. If you see a touch of personal bias below as well, then I plead guilty! YLWV (Your list would vary.)”
Dig out your music collection and have a listen to some of these…
Song | Artist |
(The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes | Elvis Costello |
Ain’t No Good Life | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Baby What A Big Surprise | Chicago |
Barracuda | Heart |
Beast of Burden | Rolling Stones |
Because The Night | Patti Smith Group |
Black Magic Woman-Gypsy Queen | Santana |
Blame It On The Boogie | Jackson 5 |
Blinded By The Light | Manfred Mann’s Earth Band |
Blue Bayou | Linda Ronstadt |
Boogie Nights | Heatwave |
Brain Salad Surgery | Emerson, Lake & Palmer |
Breaking Glass | David Bowie |
Carnaval | Santana |
Cheeseburger In Paradise | Jimmy Buffett |
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy | Rod Stewart |
Darkness on the Edge of Town | Bruce Springsteen |
Don’t Leave Me This Way | Thelma Houston |
Don’t Look Back | Boston |
Don’t Stop | Fleetwood Mac |
Dreadlock Holiday | 10cc |
Dust In The Wind | Kansas |
Easy | Commodores |
Feels So Good | Chuck Mangione |
Fifth Of Beethoven | Walter Murphy |
Flash Light | Parliament |
Fly Like An Eagle | Steve Miller Band |
Follow You Follow Me | Genesis |
Give a Little Bit | Supertramp |
Got To Give It Up, Pt. 1 | Marvin Gaye |
Grand Illusion | Styx |
Heard It in a Love Song | Marshall Tucker Band |
Heart Of Glass | Blondie |
Here You Come Again | Dolly Parton |
Holidays In The Sun | Sex Pistols |
Honky Tonk Night Time Man | Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Hurry Sundown | Outlaws |
I Love The Nightlife | Alicia Bridges |
I Need to Know | Tom Petty |
If I Can’t Have You | Yvonne Elliman |
I’m In You | Peter Frampton |
I’m Your Boogie Man | KC & the Sunshine Band |
Just A Song Before I Go | Crosby, Stills & Nash |
Last Dance | Donna Summer |
Lay Down Sally | Eric Clapton |
Life’s Been Good | Joe Walsh |
Lights | Journey |
Listen to Her Heart | Tom Petty |
Lucille | Kenny Rogers |
Lust For Life | Iggy Pop |
Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys | Willie Nelson |
Mannish Boy | Muddy Waters |
Margaritaville | Jimmy Buffett |
Miss You | Rolling Stones |
Music Must Change | Who |
New Kid In Town | Eagles |
Nobody Does It Better | Carly Simon |
Nobody’s Fault But Mine | Led Zeppelin |
Old Time Rock & Roll | Bob Seger |
One Love People Get Ready | Bob Marley |
Only The Good Die Young | Billy Joel |
Peg | Steely Dan |
Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 1 | Pink Floyd |
Pigs on the Wing, Pt. 2 | Pink Floyd |
Prove It All Night | Bruce Springsteen |
Serpentine Fire | Earth Wind & Fire |
Sheena Is A Punk Rocker | Ramones |
Sir Duke | Stevie Wonder |
Slip Slidin’ Away | Paul Simon |
Soft And Wet | Prince |
Solsbury Hill | Peter Gabriel |
Somebody To Love | Queen |
Songs From The Wood | Jethro Tull |
Soon | Yes |
Sorry Seems To Be the Hardest Word | Elton John |
Sound And Vision | David Bowie |
Southern Nights | Glen Campbell |
Stayin’ Alive | Bee Gees |
Steppin’ in a Slide Zone | Moody Blues |
Sweet Emotion | Aerosmith |
Take A Chance On Me | Abba |
Take Me To The River | Talking Heads |
Telephone Line | Electric Light Orchestra |
Three Times A Lady | Commodores |
We Are The Champions | Queen |
We Better Talk This Over | Bob Dylan |
We Will Rock You | Queen |
Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon |
With a Little Luck | Paul McCartney |
Wonderous Stories | Yes |
You Love the Thunder | Jackson Browne |
You Really Got Me | Van Halen |
You’re In My Heart | Rod Stewart |
You’re The One That I Want | Olivia Newton-John |